UN Votes

China

Permanent Security Council member

5,694

GA votes

4,521 yes · 245 no · 556 abstain

2,815

SC votes

2,528 yes · 2 no · 139 abstain

22

Vetoes cast

P5 alignment

How often China voted the same way as each permanent Security Council member, of the resolutions both cast a yes/no/abstain vote on.

Permanent memberGA onlyGA + SC
United States of America19.1%43.4%
France42.2%59.2%
Russian Federation71.1%81.3%
United Kingdom40.5%58.0%
USA11.1%FRA24.4%RUS41.1%GBR23.4%

The pie chart is based on the “GA only” column, showing each member’s share of the combined total across all shown members (it does not sum those percentages to 100% on its own) — see the table for the actual agreement rate with each. The “GA + SC” column blends in Security Council votes, which are adopted almost unanimously and so tend to pull every country’s number up.

P5 alignment over time

Same GA-only metric, by year. A member’s line starts wherever it first has enough shared votes in a year to be meaningful (at least 5) — for Russia, that’s never before 1991, since the USSR voted under a separate historical record.

0%50%100%1946195019651980199520102025
USAFRARUSGBR

A/RES/78/28

Treaty Banning the Production of Fissile Material for Nuclear Weapons or Other Nuclear Explosive Devices : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-04

GANo

A/RES/78/63

The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/78/11

The Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-11-28

GAYes

A/RES/78/10

Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-11-21

GAYes

A/RES/78/7

Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-11-02

GAYes

A/RES/78/6

Report of the International Criminal Court : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-11-01

GAAbstain

A/RES/ES-10/21

Protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-10-27

GAYes

A/RES/77/338

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-09-01

GAYes

A/RES/77/321

Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-08-01

GAYes

A/RES/77/313

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-06-30

GAYes

A/RES/77/301

Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-06-29

GANo

A/RES/77/293

Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-06-07

GAAbstain

A/RES/77/284

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-04-26

GAYes

A/RES/ES-11/6

Principles of the Charter of the United Nations underlying a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-02-23

GAAbstain

A/RES/77/272

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-02-20

GANo

A/RES/77/247

Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-30

GAYes

A/RES/77/263A

Special subjects relating to the proposed programme budget for 2023 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-30

GANo

A/RES/77/248

Oceans and Law of the Sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-30

GAYes

A/RES/77/250

Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-30

GAYes

A/RES/77/243

International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and when Conducive to Terrorism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/77/204

Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/77/214

Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/77/222

Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GANo

A/RES/77/206

Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/77/238

Addressing and countering the world drug problem through a comprehensive, integrated and balanced approach : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GAAbstain

A/RES/77/228

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GANo

A/RES/77/200

Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/77/216

Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by all : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/77/212

The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/77/193

Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: gender stereotypes and negative social norms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/77/229

Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GANo

A/RES/77/230

Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GANo

A/RES/77/205

A global call for concrete action for the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/77/208

The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/77/215

Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/77/218

Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-15

GAAbstain

A/RES/77/157

Oil slick on Lebanese shores : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/77/174

Towards a new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/77/187

Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/77/171

Combating sand and dust storms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2022-12-14

GAYes

Vetoes cast by China

S/2026/273 Middle East (Strait of Hormuz)

2026-04-07

S/2024/239 Middle East, including Palestinian question

2024-03-22

S/2023/792 Middle East, including Palestinian question

2023-10-25

S/2022/431 Non-proliferation/DPRK

2022-05-26

S/2020/667 Middle East (Syria)

2020-07-10

S/2020/654 Middle East (Syria)

2020-07-07

S/2019/961 Middle East (Syria)

2019-12-20

S/2019/756 Middle East (Syria)

2019-09-19

S/2019/186 Venezuela

2019-02-28

S/2017/172 Middle East (Syria)

2017-02-28

S/2016/1026 Middle East (Syria)

2016-12-05

S/2014/348 Middle East (Syria)

2014-05-22

S/2012/538 Middle East (Syria)

2012-07-19

S/2012/77 Middle East (Syria)

2012-02-04

S/2011/612 Middle East (Syria)

2011-10-04

S/2008/447 Peace and security in Africa (Zimbabwe)

2008-07-11

S/2007/14 as orally revised Myanmar

2007-01-12

S/1999/201 FYR Macedonia

1999-02-25

S/1997/18 Central America

1997-01-10

S/10784 Middle East

1972-09-10

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